Chubbuck Guitars / Kevin Chubbuck, making & repairing guitars in an old building just north of Boston, Massachusetts.
Chubbuck Mousa 003 :: flattening pie-cut maple.
Here I'm truing up the bottom of one half of the back plate to prep for joining. In the past I have used a Safe T Planer in my drill press to take out the cup but opted to try hand planing for greater control. A wider jointer would be ideal though.
Chubbuck Mousa 003 :: European maple top, back and sides.
Getting ready to flatten and join the top and back plate wedges for the next hollowbody build. The sides need to be profiled before they are ready for the bending iron.
2007 Gibson Les Paul Studio [7.5 lbs] :: replace tuners and set up for drop D.
This came into the shop absolutely filthy with only three strings on it, the G tuner bent and the D tuner shaft broken off. I spent a good amount of time cleaning the entire guitar before replacing the tuners with a new set of gold Grover Deluxe's. The bridge was also cleaned, lubricated and the saddle slots recut.
Note this is one of the lighter LP's to grace my bench since I picked up the scale a couple months ago.
2007 Gibson Les Paul Studio :: quick case handle repair.
I offered to replace this broken electrical-taped Gibson handle but it was not in the owner's budget. So of course I had to at least improve it with zip ties. It is still a sticky shoddy mess but at least shouldn't let go for a little while. The damn thing almost fell to the ground when I picked it up initially - scared the shit out of me.
Fender Tele body / Warmoth neck :: neck carve.
I'm thinning this Warmoth '59 carve down a bit for a player and refinishing it with Tung oil (wiping varnish).
